{"id":48827,"date":"2010-11-01T02:39:03","date_gmt":"2010-11-01T07:39:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=48827"},"modified":"2010-11-02T02:39:01","modified_gmt":"2010-11-02T07:39:01","slug":"anti-litter-message-for-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=48827","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Litter Message for Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?attachment_id=48828\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-48828\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2010\/11\/TxDOT-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"TxDOT logo\" width=\"130\" height=\"100\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-48828\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nUNDATED &#8212; The Texas Department of Transportation&#8217;s &#8220;Don&#8217;t Mess with Texas litter-fighting superheroes, The Litter Force, will be touring schools in East Texas this week. Hawk, Bolt, Ultra, and K-900 will teach students that throwing trash on the playground is just as bad as littering on Texas roads. <\/p>\n<p>New research shows that 88 percent of Texas third-graders who\u2019ve seen the Litter Force know Don\u2019t Mess with Texas means don\u2019t litter (compared with 53 percent when they were in first grade). Kids are now beating out their adult counterparts: The 2009 Litter Attitudes and Behaviors study shows that 82 percent of Texans know what Don\u2019t Mess with Texas means. Students who see one of the 50 shows on the Litter Force\u2019s statewide tour will receive a Litter Force activity book and are encouraged to go to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dontmesswithtexas.org\/litterforce\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.dontmesswithtexas.org\/litterforce<\/a> to play games and learn more about the superheroes.<\/p>\n<p>TxDOT, responsible for keeping roads clear of hazardous, ugly litter, is using a research-based campaign to work toward creating a litter-free generation. TxDOT wants to work with students to instill the importance of a cleaner Texas, which will lead to future savings.<br \/>\nIn 2009 alone, TxDOT spent nearly $46 million on litter pick-up costs.<\/p>\n<p>The remaining schedule for East Texas is as follows: <\/p>\n<p>Tuesday, Nov. 2<br \/>\n\u2022 Elkhart Elementary, 8 a.m., 301 East Parker, Elkhart 75839<br \/>\n\u2022 Westwood Primary, 1:30 p.m., 1701 W. Point Tap Road, Palestine 75802<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010<br \/>\n\u2022 Griffin Elementary, 9 a.m., 3000 N. Border, Tyler 75702<br \/>\n\u2022 Orr Elementary, 1:45 p.m., 3350 Pine Haven Road, Tyler 75702<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t Mess with Texas has been educating Texans about litter prevention since 1986. TxDOT\u2019s litter prevention program includes Adopt-a-Highway and a grassroots partnership with Keep Texas Beautiful. Don\u2019t Mess with Texas activities also include a spring \u201cTrash-Off,\u201d community outreach, a scholarship, a corporate partner program, and a new photo album where Texans can share their iconic Texas images. You can visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dontmesswithtexas.org\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.dontmesswithtexas.org<\/a> for more information. TxDOT\u2019s goals are to reduce congestion, enhance safety, expand economic opportunity, improve air quality, and increase the value of transportation assets. You can visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.txdot.gov\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.txdot.gov<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNDATED &#8212; The Texas Department of Transportation&#8217;s &#8220;Don&#8217;t Mess with Texas litter-fighting superheroes, The Litter Force, will be touring schools in East Texas this week. Hawk, Bolt, Ultra, and K-900 will teach students that throwing trash on the playground is just as bad as littering on Texas roads. New research shows that 88 percent of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=48827\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Anti-Litter Message for Students<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-09 09:36:45","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48827"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49129,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48827\/revisions\/49129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}